LPN PHARMACOLOGY STUDY QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Cephalosporin , Carbapenems, Glycopeptides - ✔✔CLASS: Beta- Lactam Abt's
BACTERICIDAL
USES: infections of the resp, GI, GU, skin, soft tissue, bones
ADVERSE EFFECTS: Gi distress + Skin irritation
Medication names: Penicillin, Ancef, Primaxin, Vancomycin
PT EDUCATION: avoid alcohol, if gi distress take with food, do not take with OJ or
acidic drinks
✔✔Tetracyclines - ✔✔CLASS: Antibiotics
MED ACTION: Bacteriostatic
Med NAMES: CYCLINE
USES: pt's w/ PCN allergy, Chlamydia, Ricketssial disease, Acne
ADVERSE E: Superinfection
Photosensitivity
Sore throat
DX: impaired comfort, increased fever, diarrhea
Pt education: take on empty stomach, full glass of water, not given w/ dairy
✔✔Aminoglycosides
Macrolides
Lincosamides - ✔✔CLASS: Antibiotics
MED ACTION: Bacteriocidal
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Cephalosporin , Carbapenems, Glycopeptides - ✔✔CLASS: Beta- Lactam Abt's
BACTERICIDAL
USES: infections of the resp, GI, GU, skin, soft tissue, bones
ADVERSE EFFECTS: Gi distress + Skin irritation
Medication names: Penicillin, Ancef, Primaxin, Vancomycin
PT EDUCATION: avoid alcohol, if gi distress take with food, do not take with OJ or
acidic drinks
✔✔Tetracyclines - ✔✔CLASS: Antibiotics
MED ACTION: Bacteriostatic
Med NAMES: CYCLINE
USES: pt's w/ PCN allergy, Chlamydia, Ricketssial disease, Acne
ADVERSE E: Superinfection
Photosensitivity
Sore throat
DX: impaired comfort, increased fever, diarrhea
Pt education: take on empty stomach, full glass of water, not given w/ dairy
✔✔Aminoglycosides
Macrolides
Lincosamides - ✔✔CLASS: Antibiotics
MED ACTION: Bacteriocidal